how did people survive the hindenburg crash
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- Airships: How did so many survive the Hindenburg disaster? Of the 97 passengers and crew of The Hindenburg, 62 apparently survived, even though the entire airship lit up like a Roman Candle and was incinerated within 34 seconds.
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- It became obvious that many would not find safety in a lifeboat. Each passenger was issued a life jacket but life expectancy would be short when exposed to water four degrees below freezing. As the forward portion of the ship sank deeper, passengers scrambled to the stern.
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Military and Civilian War Related Deaths Through the Ages Stalin refused to let civilians out of the city during the German advance thus most died as a result of the siege. SS Wilhelm Gustloff. 10,582 civilians fleeing from the Russian advance in East Prussia in 1945 are torpedoed by Russian Sub S-13. 964 were pulled from the water (many later dying due to hypothermia).
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Magazine Monitor A search has been resumed for four British men lost in the Atlantic Ocean. How long is it possible to survive at sea in a life raft, or in the water? There are extraordinary tales of survival in life rafts. The record-holder is Poon Lim, who survived 133 days on a raft after his ship was torpedoed by a U-boat in 1942. Another well-known case is that of the family of Dougal Robertson who spent 38 days in a raft after their yacht sank.
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What Caused the Hindenburg Disaster What Caused the Hindenburg Disaster. The Hindenburg was an infamous airship that caught fire on the Thursday, May 6, 1937. The LZ 129 Hindenburg was carrying 97 people. 35 people died and a number of people were injured in the disaster. This event caused the downfall of the airship as the public lost confidence in the safety of this form of travel.
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How Many People Survived the Titanic Disaster? Men in third class experienced the largest fatality rate. Only about 20% of men on the ship itself survived, and of the 1,517 fatalities on the ship, 1,347 were men. Most of the crew was also lost during the sinking of the Titanic. Out of the 899 crew members on board, 685 went down with the ship. Titanic survivors were mostly men and women. About 74% of the women survived as did about 52% of the children. All the children from first and second class survived, while most of the loss of child life came from third class. The Titanic had the capacity to hold 32 lifeboats, but this was not mandatory under maritime law of the time.
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Hindenburg disaster Posted on September 12 2014 by Mark and Mark. The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era Theories about what exactly happened differ: at the time, it was thought to be an act of sabotage, but it is now believed that a spark, possibly caused by static build-up, ignited a fire that blazed through the hydrogen-filled craft.
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The Hindenburg Myth The bags of hydrogen that provided the lifting force for the Hindenburg were NOT the main contributor to the fire. The surface of the ship was coated with a combination of dark iron oxide and reflective aluminum paint. These components are extremely flammable and burn at a tremendously energetic rate once ignited.
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The Hindenburg  (film) A real-life tragedy nearly happened during the filming of the Hindenburg's fiery death. A full-scale section of the Hindenburg's nose was built for the film, and was set to be destroyed by fire for the film's final destruction sequence.
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Magazine Monitor There are extraordinary tales of survival in life rafts. The record-holder is Poon Lim, who survived 133 days on a raft after his ship was torpedoed by a U-boat in 1942. Another well-known case is that of the family of Dougal Robertson who spent 38 days in a raft after their yacht sank.
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Hindenburg mystery solved 76 years after historic catastrophe: static electricity caused the airship to explode comments. The mystery of the Hindenburg disaster has finally been solved 76 years after the in-flight exposition occurred. The cause of the May 6, 1937, incident that killed 35 of the 100 passengers and crew members on board was static electricity, says a team of experts who have been looking into the real trigger.
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Myths about the Hindenburg Crash Hindenburg Myth 1: “The Hindenburg was painted with rocket fuel”. This idea originated with Addison Bain, and comes from the fact that Hindenburg’s fabric covering was doped with a solution that included aluminum powder, and in certain sections iron oxide, which are sometimes used as components in solid rocket fuel.
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- Retired NASA rocket fuel expert Addison Bain has been studying the Hindenburg crash for years. Wochit. The German zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames as it noses toward the mooring post at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J. on May 6, 1937. Thirty-five people on board and one ground crew member were killed.
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- This era was rapidly brought to halt, however, by the catastrophic crash of the Hindenburg on 6 May 1937. The exact cause of the fire that destroyed the Hindenburg has never been conclusively determined leading to the variety of theories that exist today. The Hindenburg was the culmination of research into the rigid airship that had first been perfected by Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin of Germany around 1900.
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- The Mystery of the Hindenburg Disaster. It was the largest airship ever built; over eight-hundred feet long from its nose to its massive tail fins. It was the height of luxury travel and in the course of two seasons carried over 2,656 people across the Atlantic between Germany to New York and Rio de Janeiro.
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- A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 1  The German zeppelin Hindenburg bursts into flames as it noses toward the mooring post at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, N.J. on May 6, 1937. Thirty-five people on board and one ground crew member were killed.
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How many people survived the sinking of the titanic? Obviously, there’s not an exact count of how many were pulled from the water and how many survived. I estimate that about 740-750 people survived the actual sinking by reaching a lifeboat somehow, and about 30–40 died in the hours between the time Titanic sank and the time that Carpathia arrived on the scene, mostly to hypothermia.
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Concentration camps, suicides, breakdowns...The terrible toll of surviving the Titanic Concentration camps, suicides, breakdowns...The terrible toll of surviving the Titanic. Picking up the letter, now sepia-coloured by age, I began to read. 'I am going to rest on this ship, as I am tired,' wrote journalist Edith Rosenbaum to her secretary on 11 April, 1912, from the Titanic on its maiden voyage.
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Titanic vs. Lusitania: Who Survived and Why? The composition of the survivors was very different, though. On the Titanic, women aged 16 to 35 (child-bearing age) were more likely to survive than other age groups, as were children and people with children. On the Lusitania, both women and men aged 16 to 35 were the most likely to have lived through the incident. There were class differences, too.
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TitanicPassengers Who Survived the Sinking and Then Committed Suicide The Titanic For Dummies By Stephen J. Spignesi For some passengers who survived, the traumatic memories of the Titanic disaster may have been too much to bear. Several Titanic survivors eventually committed suicide. Did they kill themselves because of the Titanic disaster? Some almost certainly did, but others ended their lives after seemingly less significant events. Annie Robinson
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'How To Survive The Titanic,' And Sink Your Name But by the time the Titanic's survivors reached New York, Ismay was one of the most reviled men on Earth. In How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay, Frances Wilson, a fellow at London's Royal Society of Literature, tries to explain the man so many grew to hate. Ismay's 'Empty Ship'. Wilson tells NPR's Scott Simon that there were many different accounts of just how Ismay survived.
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The Burning Question About the Hindenburg There's a laundry list of possibilities related to how loose hydrogen could have ignited. Ganz's personal theory focuses on that sharp turn the Hindenburg made. Inside of the ship, she says, there were rings filled with bags of hydrogen and over 80 miles of bracing wire holding it all together.
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How to Survive the Titanic October 15, 2011  In 1912, J. Bruce Ismay was one of the most hated men in America: He owned the Titanic; gave the ship just 20 lifeboats; and — unlike so many — lived through its maiden voyage. Frances Wilson tracks the scandal of Ismay's survival in How to Survive the Titanic.ctober 15, 2011  In 1912, J. Bruce Ismay was one of the most hated men in America: He owned the Titanic; gave the ship just 20 lifeboats; and — unlike so many — lived through its maiden voyage. Frances Wilson tracks the scandal of Ismay's survival in How to Survive the Titanic.